HR Director and Business Partner

The role

You will own and scale HR operations, including payroll, compliance, employee relations, and performance management. You will manage a small, distributed HR team and partner with leadership to support a growing organization.

What you will do

• Own and improve day-to-day HR operations
• Manage, develop, and build a small HR team of approximately 2–3 people
• Learn and scale existing HR infrastructure, systems, policies, and programs
• Oversee payroll, benefits, employee administration, onboarding, and offboarding
• Own and refine performance management cycles and manager enablement
• Partner with leadership on compensation, promotions, and organizational changes
• Advise managers on complex employee relations and lead internal investigations
• Own HR compliance and monitor federal, state, and local employment requirements
• Maintain employee handbooks, HR policies, and SOPs
• Oversee HR compliance audits including payroll, I-9s, benefits, and EEO-1

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive HR experience with broad exposure across multiple HR functions
• Experience working within a growing organization of approximately 200–500 employees
• Experience managing and developing a team of approximately 2–3+ people
• Strong experience across HR operations, employee relations, performance management, compensation, payroll, benefits, compliance, and employee lifecycle management
• Experience owning or significantly contributing to performance management and compensation review processes
• Experience supporting employees and managers across multiple locations and time zones
• Proven experience managing employment compliance across multiple states, including California, New York, Illinois
• Experience using modern HR technology, including HRIS, payroll, benefits, and performance management systems
• Comfortable leveraging automation, integrations, AI, and emerging technologies
• Strong judgment and ability to independently navigate complex employee and organizational situations
• Experience partnering directly with executives and senior leaders
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice to have

• Active HR certification with a compliance focus (e.g., SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, PHR/SPHR, or SHRM Specialty Certificate in Employment Law)
• Experience working within a high-growth technology or startup environment
• Experience supporting an international employee population
• Direct HR experience supporting teams in the UK and/or India
• Experience managing a distributed or international HR team
• Experience helping an organization scale through the 200–500+ employee stage
• Experience implementing, migrating, or optimizing HR technology and systems
• Experience using AI and automation to modernize HR operations
• Experience building or significantly improving performance management, compensation, leveling, or promotion frameworks

Benefits

• 100% Employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and base life insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• 10 paid holidays
• 401(k) with both Traditional and Roth options
• Early-stage equity
• Referral bonuses
• Daily team breakfast and dinner
• Regular team off-sites
• The latest Apple products and unlimited tech stack

About the company

Coram AI is reimagining video security using a cloud-native platform with computer vision and AI. The company is backed by Ansa Capital, Battery Ventures, Mosaic, 8VC and Up Partners.